It’s that time again. Time for ghost and goblins and ghouls; time for witches, curses, and the walking dead. And that means it’s time for my annual musical tribute to Congress. Whoops – wrong calendar! I mean it’s time for my annual Halloween Party. I play my favorite Halloween songs, and when trick or treaters come to the door, I get to guess who they’re dressed up to be, and then hand out an appropriate song. The final song of the show has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween, but I think it has absolutely everything to do with everything else.
(Trick Or Treater Costume) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- HALLOWEEN SPOOKS / Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross / “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
- I PUT A SPELL ON YOU / Kandace Springs / “The Women Who Raised Me”
- (Clarence Thomas) / LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL / Frank Sinatra / “Come Fly With Me”
- I’D RATHER BE BURNED AS A WITCH / Rene Marie / “I Wanna Be Evil”
- (Sen. Bob Menendez) / A HOUSE OF GOLD / Kenny Rankin / “The Kenny Rankin Album”
- WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK / Janet Seidel / “Charade
- BEWITCHED / Pamela Less & Houston Person / “Live At The Jazz Standard”
- (The Atlanta 19 Co-Defendants) / JAILHOUSE ROCK / Jerry Lee Lewis / “Monsters”
- SPOOKY / Anne Farnsworth / “Sealed With A Kiss”
- WITCHCRAFT / Tom Rust / “Are We There Yet?”
- (George Santos) / THE GREAT PRETENDER / Sam Cooke / “Hits Of The 50s”
- THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC / Jamie Cullum / “Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer”
- (Marjorie Taylor Green) / CONTROL YOURSELF / Doris Day & Andre Previn / “Duets”
- SWEET PUMPKIN / Lucy Yeghiazsryan / “Blue Heaven
- THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ / Vince Guaraldi / “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?”
- (Banned Books) / KEEP ON CHURNIN’ / Judith Owen / “Come & Get It”
- WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD / Holly Cole / “Night”
- (Taylor Swift) / JAMBOREE JONES / Bobby Troup / “Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer”
- GHOST OF YESTERDAY / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
- (Greta Thunberg) / WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / Tony Bennett & k. d. lang / “A Wonderful World”
- I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE / Zoot Sims / “Soprano Sax”
- HAUNTED HEART / Hilary Kole / “Haunted Heart”
- THESE FOOLISH THINGS / Aaron Neville / “The Grand Tour”
- YOU ARE THERE / Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones / “You Are There”
- FRAGILE / Sting / “Live In Berlin”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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